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2007 graduate students

Ph.D. in Marine Biology Students

Troy Alphin
E-mail: alphint@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Graduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Graduate Degree: M.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Lawrence Cahoon

photoBrian Balmer
Email: bcb9066@uncw.edu                                                                     
Undergraduate Institution: Virginia Tech                                                 
Undergraduate Degrees: B.S., Biology, B.S., Wildlife Science 
Graduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Graduate Degree: M.S., Biology                  
Advisor: Dr. D. Ann Pabst


Chip Collier
E-mail: chip.collier@ncmail.net
Undergraduate Institution: North Carolina State University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Lankford
Thesis: Age, growth, reproduction, and genetics of Western Atlantic Menticirrhus spp

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Elena Gold

E-mail: emp4338@uncw.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Salem College

Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology

Advisor: Dr. Daniel Baden




photoKristin Hardy
E-mail: kmh5265@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Tulane University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Neuroscience
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Kinsey




photoTim Henkel
E-mail: tph1234@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Rutgers University - Cook College
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Graduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Graduate Degree: M.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Pawlik

 

photoAna Jimenez
E-mail: agj6818@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: The University of West Florida
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Kinsey




photoAmanda Kahn
E-mail: aek8122@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Tampa
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology/Marine Science
Graduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Graduate Degree: M.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Michael Durako

 

Nikolai Klibansky
Undergraduate Institution: University of Massachusetts
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation
Graduate Institution: University of Massachusetts
Graduate Degree: M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation
Advisor: Dr. Frederick Scharf

photoErin Meagher
E-mail: emm3005@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of California - Santa Cruz
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Marine Biology
Graduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Graduate Degree: M.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. D. Ann Pabst
Dissertation: Thermoregulation of bottlenose dolphins


photoPedro Medina-Rosas
E-mail: pm1469@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Guadalajara
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Graduate Institution: Autonomous University of Baja California
Graduate Degree: M.S., Coast Oceanography

 


photoChristy Visaggi
E-mail: ccv9261@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Colgate University
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Geology
Graduate Institution: Syracuse University
Graduate Degree: M.S., Geology
Advisor: Dr. Patricia Kelley



Carlos Zavalaga
E-mail: cbz3724@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Universidad Pervana Cayetano Heredia                                              
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Graduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Graduate Degree: M.S., Biology  
Advisor: Dr. Steven Emslie                                                                                                    

Master's in Marine Biology Students

photoGregg Bodnar
E-mail: gwb5610@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Frederick Scharf

 


photoAdam Branson
E-mail: acb4117@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Lankford
2006 Peer Tutor of the Year

 


photo Katie Chartrand
E-mail: kmc6526@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: St. Louis University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Michael Durako

 


 photoYing Fang
E-mail: fy9432@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Jinan University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biotechnology
Advisor: Dr. Marcel van Tuinen

 


Julia Golus
E-mail: jmg5412@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Coastal Carolina University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Science and Biology
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Shafer

photoLisa Goshe
Undergraduate Institution: Bowling Green State University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biological Science
Advisor: Dr. Amanda Southwood



                                                                        

David Hines
E-mail: deh9951@gmail.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Wake Forest University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Pawlik                                                                                 

Christopher Jury
E-mail: cpj1379@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Michigan State University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Zoology and Spanish
Advisor: Dr. Alina Szmant

photoSarah Hutchinson
E-mail: sjh7101@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. David Webster

 

 

Hillary Lane
E-mail: hal4310@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Emory University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Heather Koopman

photoWai Leong
E-mail: wl5282@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: National University of Singapore
Undergraduate Degree: Life Sciences (Concentration in Biology)
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Pawlik

 


photoTse-Lynn Loh
E-mail: tl7275@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: National University of Singapore
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Animal Biology
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Pawlik




photoAnne Markwith
E-mail: alm8867@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Martin Posey





photoCassie Martin
E-mail: crm7295@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Vermont
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Wildlife Fisheries Biology
Advisor: Dr. Frederick Scharf




photoJanie McAuliffe
E-mail: jam0465@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Lankford




photoSara McClelland
E-mail: sjm5870@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Wheeling Jesuit University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Heather Koopman

 


photoSteven McMurray
E-mail: sem6678@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Hiram College
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Pawlik
Thesis: Bleaching of the caribbean giant barrel sponge xestospongia muta: long-term monitoring and experimental manipulations

 

photoAdriane Michaelis
E-mail: akm5236@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Anthropology - Zoology
Advisor: Dr. Steven Emslie

 


photoLouis Muzyczek
E-mail: lam6441@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Rowan University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biological Science
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Finelli

 


photoMichael Polito
E-mail: mjp7454@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Steven Emslie

 




photoCarly Randall
E-mail: cjr2021@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Alina Szmant

 

 

photoVictor Schmidt
E-mail: vts7867@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: St. Lawrence University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Michael McCartney




photoMark Sherman
E-mail: ms1220@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biological Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Ami Wilbur





photoJessica Snoddy
E-mail: jes6010@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Long Island University Southampton
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Amanda Southwood




photoZach Swaim
E-mail: zts3410@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Heather Koopman                                           

 

 

photoKurt Tressler
E-mail: kdt5050@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Joel Mintzes





Ted Wilgis
E-mail: esw1206@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Connecticut College
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Zoology
Advisor: Dr. Martin Posey

photoChuck Wilson
E-mail: crw2922@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Martin Posey

Master's in Biology Students

photoJessica Burpee
E-mail: jlb7346@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Appalachian State University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Ecology/Environmental Biology
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Kinsey

 


photoJames Casey
E-mail: jpc3073@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Rochester Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Amanda Southwood




photoAmy Cherry
E-mail: amc8295@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Physical Education and Health Science
Advisor: Dr. David Webster

 

 

photoStephanie Cummings
E-mail: sjc6298@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Tuskegee University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Ann Stapleton





Joe Facendola
jjf2994@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Unity College
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Ecology and Fisheries
Advisor: Dr. Frederick Scharf

photoSondi Hoffman
E-mail: sjh8618@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Chandler




photo Corey Novak
E-mail: csn1512@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Martin Posey




photoJeff Overton
E-mail: jdo5910@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Kinsey

 



photoMarina Piscitelli
E-mail: map9270@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. D. Ann Pabst

 


photoLee Richbourg
E-mail: hlr7003@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology
Advisor: Dr. Ann Stapleton

 


photoKatrina Roman
E-mail: kmr8614@uncw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Bloomsburg University
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Geography
Advisor: Dr. David Webster
Thesis: Calculating the hatching success of colonial waterbirds and shorebirds at Wrightsville Beach, NC

 

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